A 34-year-old gas welding worker was killed after the oil tanker he was working on exploded on GNT Road in Madhavaram on Saturday. Police said pressure built inside the tank, causing it to burst.
Madhavaram police identified the victim as Balasundram, a resident of Thalathalamuthu Natarajan Street in Puzhal who was a welder attached to a lorry parts welding firm on GNT Road. The accident took place around 6 a.m. when he was working on an oil tanker which had developed an overhead crack. Suddenly the tank exploded after the fire from the welding equipment created a pressure inside it and finally giving way.
The welder was killed on the spot. A police team including senior officers reached the spot and carried out a probe. The victim’s body was sent for post-mortem examination to the Government Stanley hospital, police added.
Balasundram is survived by his wife and two young sons.
